Alma Area Historic Sites

Alma Area

ALMA COMMUNITY CHURCH

184 N. Main St.State Register - Designated 12/11/1996Built by the community in 1936 as a church, the fieldstone building has been restored and serves as a meeting and event center.

ALMA SCHOOL

59 E. Buckskin St.State Register - designated 12/11/1996Townspeople replaced the fire-destroyed town school with this 1930s, mission-style structure. It now serves as the town hall, library and police department.

ALMA CABIN/CLESSON CABIN

217 S. Main St.Park County Historic Landmark - designated 8/25/2005Believed to be one of the oldest structures in Alma, the circa 1874 rustic cabin is being rehabilitated for future use as a visitor center and museum.

ALMA LADIES' AID HALL

212 N. Main St.Park County Historic Landmark - designated 3/11/2004 Once the office of a 1870s silver mining smelter, the wooden building later became the headquarters for the Ladies' Aid Society. The town-owned property is scheduled for rehabilitation in the future.

MARY GATELY HOUSE

236 N. Main St.Park County Historic Landmark - designated 12/6/2012The Mary Gately House and its garage were constructed in 1935 for Mary Gately, one of 6 Gately siblings that moved to Alma around 1930 from Rifle, Colorado. Two of Mary's brothers established the Gately Motor Company in Alma while her other brother Sydney served as General Manager of the London Mining and Milling Company in nearby Mosquito Gulch.

North London Mill

6632 Park County Route 12Park County Historic Landmark - 9/21/2017

The North London Mill was constructed in 1892 as an amalgamation stamp mill to serve the London Mine. From 1892 until 1937, the mill processed what at the time was one of the most profitable gold strikes in Colorado. As often seen in the extractive industries the mill operated off and on and saw a series of refittings, such as the 1897 renovation to a cyanide plant and in 1927 when outfitted with flotation technology. The Mill and its associated buildings and structure (London Mine Office, boarding house, stable, outhouse, tailings pond) are an important emblem of the economic history of the county and embody the characteristics of period mill architecture.

PARIS MILL

2702 CR 8Park County Historic Landmark - designated 3/19/2005National Register - designated 8/6/2013Completed in 1895, this mill served the many gold and silver mines in Buckskin Gulch. Now owned by Park County, the mill is undergoing preservation for future use as an interpretive site.